Jump Rope Circuit Workout

Jump Rope Circuit Workout
One of my favorite workouts as of late has been this awesome jump rope circuit that I came across thanks to the lovely lady, Isabel over at Privilege to Live. Today I needed to amp up the intensity, though. So I created my own little version and made it into a nice little chart for you. I’ve been training intensely for a few months now, so if you give this one a go, go at your own pace and do only what you can. I’ll even admit, I took 5 or 10 seconds switching between some of the exercises. I work hard, but I’m not the energizer bunny over here. (Or am I?) Recently I’ve been working with my trainer on being able to get up to doing 10 pull-ups in a row. So, after the circuit I went over to the assisted pull-up machine for some arm work. 20 x assisted pull ups (90 lbs. displacement) 10 x assisted pull ups (80 lbs. displacement) 8 x assisted pull ups (70 lbs. displacement) —- 20 x assisted lat pull downs (110 lbs. displacement) 10 x assisted lat pull downs (100 lbs. displacement) 8 x assisted lat pull downs (90 lbs. displacement) And, to finish off one heck of a killer workout, I adapted a mini plank challenge out of Cassey Ho’s Plank Challenge Workout. I was hoping to give the whole 10-minute circuit a go but I’ve never done some of the moves before so I wasn’t exactly sure how to do them. Read: I didn’t want to look like a fool in front of everyone at the gym trying to do exercises I’ve never done before. Anyway here’s what I whittled it down to. —- 30 seconds x plank 15 seconds x hold up left leg 15 seconds x hold up right leg 30 seconds x plank 30 seconds rest 30 seconds x plank 15 seconds x pulse left leg 15 seconds x pulse right leg 30 seconds x plank Original article and pictures take http://www.hungry-runner.com/2012/01/28/jacked-up-jump-rope-circuit-workout/ site